Philip Shabecoff is
a Massachusetts-based freelance writer and co-author of
Poisoned
Profits, a new book scheduled for publication this
summer.
For 32
years, he worked as a reporter for The New York Times and
was founder and publisher of
Greenwire,
the environmental news daily.
Shabecoff is
also author of
Earth Rising:
American Environmentalism in the 21st Century, A New Name
for Peace and A Fierce Green Fire. In 1990, he
received the American Library Association’s James
Madison Award for expanding the public’s right to
know. After the lecture, books will be available for
purchase, and the author will be present for book
signing.
Light
refreshments will be served. This lecture is sponsored by
the Scripps Howard Foundation and coordinated by
FAU’s School of Communication & Multimedia
Studies.